Radiant heat can give you a sense of being warmer than it actually is.
It’s the same as radiant cooling, which you notice more in the winter when you stand in front of a window with no curtains.
The room air temperature will be the same in both cases, but radiant heat loss is a thing so it makes sense for you to actually need less heat when there’s a radiant source nearby.
Well baseboard electric heat is awful...heats up a room then cools down and it kicks in again....I could feel the change.
Where this is definitely a steady heat with an oil filled radiator....because even when the temp adjusts the oil is still giving off heat.....and no turning down the heat at night nor cold mornings anymore! Two of these heat my entire apartment so well. I love them. But if I had a choice it would be a wood stove...I miss it!